Magazine-pencil.



W. F. DURYEA.

MAGAZINE PENCIL.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.16. 1916.

Patented Aug. 7, 191,7.

NTE TATES PATENT. FFICE.

WILLIAM F. DURYEA, OF I-IACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY. i

MAGAZINE-PENCIL.

Application led October 16, 1916.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM F. DURYEA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Magazine- Pencils,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in magazine pencils, and moreparticularly to novel means for attaching a clip thereto.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastening means for the clipwhich will in addition serve as an auxiliary closure for one end ofthemagazine casing, and at the same time permit the withdrawal 0f leadswhich have become shortened by reason of wear or breakage.

My invention will be best understood in connection with the accompanyingdrawings which, merely for the purposes of illustra tion, show theparticular form of the invention which I at this time regard aspreferable of the various forms in which my invention may be embodied.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the pencil.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the pencil, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views, respectively, of the lead pointerand Vcasing closure.

In the drawings, 5 designates the casing having a conventional clutch 6at its forward end and a primary closure 7, embodying a lead pointer 8,at its rear end. Near the rear end of the casing I form an opening 9through which I insert thel angular extremity 10 of the clip 11. A plug,as 12, with a flat upper surface 13 is then placed within the casing andcaused to engage the said extremity 10 in wedge-like fashion andsecurely hold it between the inner wall of the casing and the flatsurface of the plug.

Vhen the primary closure or lead pointer is removed it is desirable thatthe leads be retained in the casing and prevented from falling out. Thisis taken care of by the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. *7, 1917.

Serial No. 125,866.

auxiliary closure or plug 12. It also frequently happens that the longleads are either broken or worn into short pieces,

which find their way through the aperture 14 inside of the clutch 6 andinterfere with the leads of normal length being properly projected intoactive or writing position. This clogging of the long and short leadsmay be anticipated by first removing the closure 7 and shaking the shortleads from the casing through the concentric opening 15 of the plug 12.

It will thus be seen that the plug 12 serves a triple function,- -afastening means for the clip, means for temporarily maintaining theleads within the casing while the lead pointer is in use, and means forpermitting withdrawal of the short leads.

What is claimed, is:

1. In a magazine pencil, the combination of a casing having a clutch atone end and a primary closure at the other end, and an auxiliaryapertured closure adjacent the primary closure, said auxiliary closurebeing active to permit the insertion or removal of leads, one at a time,only when the primary closure is removed.

2. The combination with a casing adapted to contain a plurality ofleads, and having a clutch at one end and a closure at the opposite endor head, of means adjacent said closure adapted to prevent thesimultaneous discharge of all of the leads from said casing when theprimary closure is removed and the casing inverted from normal writingposition.

3. The combination with a casing adapted to contain a plurality ofleads, and having a clutch at one end, of a pair of closures at itsopposite end or head, one closure being stationary and having anaperture therein, and the other closure being removable.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIAM F. DURYEA.

Witnesses:

T. HOWARD BRUSH, A. L. COBURN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

